Passive Voice Present and Past Quiz

Convert the following active voice sentence to passive voice (present): The teacher teaches the students.

• The students teaches by the teacher.

• The students are teaching the teacher.

• The teacher is teaching the students.

• The students are taught by the teacher.

Convert the following active voice sentence to passive voice (present): They are eating the cake.

• They are eating the cake

• The cake is eating them

• The cake is being eaten by them.

• The cake is being eaten by us

Convert the following active voice sentence to passive voice (present): The company is launching a new product.

• A new product is being launched by the company.

• The company has launched a new product.

• A new product has been launched by the company.

• The company will launch a new product.

Convert the following active voice sentence to passive voice (past): The police caught the thief.

• The thief was caught by the police.

• The police was caught by the thief.

• The thief caught the police.

• The thief was catching by the police.

Convert the following active voice sentence to passive voice (past): She wrote a novel.

• She was writing a novel.

• A novel was written by her.

• She has written a novel.

• A novel was being written by her.

Convert the following active voice sentence to passive voice (past): They built the house.

• The house has been built by them.

• The house is built by them.

• The house was built by them.

• The house was building by them.

Explain when it is appropriate to use passive voice in academic writing.

• When the writer wants to confuse the reader

• When the writer wants to be vague

• When the writer wants to sound more intelligent

• When the focus is on the action or the recipient of the action rather than the doer of the action.

What is the key difference between active and passive voice?

• Length of the sentence

• Focus of the sentence

• Type of verb used

• Use of punctuation

How does passive voice affect the tone of academic writing?

• It makes it sound more emotional and biased.

• It has no effect on the tone of academic writing.

• It makes it sound more casual and subjective.

• It makes it sound more formal and objective.

Give an example of a sentence in active voice and then rewrite it in passive voice.

• Active voice: The mouse was chased by the cat. Passive voice: The cat chased the mouse.

• Active voice: The cat chased the mouse. Passive voice: The mouse was chased by the cat.

• Active voice: The mouse was chased by the cat. Passive voice: The cat was chasing the mouse.

• Active voice: The mouse was chased by the cat. Passive voice: The mouse chased the cat.